Regt. (T.F.), 2nd and elder surviving _s._ of Joseph Percy Clarke,
of 14, Hans Court, S.W., formerly of Buenos Ayres, M.Inst.C.E., by
his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the late Edward Glover; _b._ Buenos
Ayres, Argentine Republic, 8 July, 1894; educ. at Marlborough College,
and at the outbreak of war was an undergraduate at Pembroke College,
Cambridge. From the O.T.C. Cambridge, he received his commission as 2nd
Lieut. Territorial Force as from 29 Aug. 1914. He at once joined the
1st/23rd London Regt., and, volunteering for foreign service, trained
with his regt. until 14 March, 1915, when they embarked for France. He
went through a course of machine-gun instruction at St. Omer, France,
and was made machine gun officer to his battn. After several months
in the trenches he was badly wounded in both legs on 21 July, by a
German shell which burst in the room where he and two other officers
were resting, south of La Bassee, and he died on 24 July, 1915, at No.
1 Casualty Clearing Station, and was buried in the new cemetery at
Chocques, France. Writing to his father, Lieut.-Col. Streatfield said:
“I pray that you may be able to derive some comfort from the knowledge
of how splendidly your boy has done since he has been out here. We all
loved him, and the men of his platoon would have done just anything in
the world he asked them to. By his good heartedness and cheeriness he
had endeared himself to them in a way it has been the lot of few men
to do.” Lieut.-Col. Lord Herbert A. M. Douglas Scott, D.S.O. (formerly
commanding 1/23rd The London Regt.), wrote from the War Office, 29
July, 1915: “Your son was doing so extremely well under my command and
I heard from Lieut.-Col. Streatfield the same good account of his work.
Your loss is the country’s loss also.” His brother, Harold Percy, of
the Rifle Brigade, was killed on 9 May, two and a-half months earlier
(see his notice).
[Illustration: =Algernon Percy Clarke.=]
=CLARKE, AMBROSE CHILDS=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Leicestershire
Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of William Arthur Clarke, of The
Homestead, Manor Road, Leicester, Solicitor, by his wife, Ruth Lilian,
dau. of Charles Baimbridge Rendle, of Russell Road, Kensington,
Surgeon; _b._ Stoke, Devonport, co. Devon, 12 July, 1896; educ.
Stoneygate School, Leicester, King’s College Choir School, Cambridge,
and Malvern College. At the outbreak of war he was in camp with the
Malvern College contingent of the O.T.C., and returned to Leicester,
receiving his commission two days afterwards, 6 Aug. 1914. He was
killed in the trenches near Messines, 9 May, 1915, during a heavy
bombardment. He was placing his men under cover, refusing to take
shelter himself until all his men were out of danger, and he had
just got his last men under cover when he was killed by a shell
instantaneously. He was buried in what had formerly been “Packhorse
Farm,” Wulverghem, at the back of the English lines near Bailleul. A
brother officer, who has since been killed, wrote: “He honestly was one
of the cheeriest, best, most capable and well-loved officers in the
battn., especially taking his age into consideration.”
[Illustration: =Ambrose Childs Clarke.=]
=CLARKE, BASIL HEATHCOTE=, Rifleman, No. 2336, 1/9th Battn.
(Queen Victoria’s Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of
Henry Heathcote Clarke, of 17, Birchwood Mansions, Muswell Hill, N.,
formerly of Durban, Natal, Journalist, by his wife, Florence Annie,
dau. of Charles Samuel Clarke; _b._ Stamford Hill, N., 4 March,
1894; educ. Oakfield School, Crouch End, N.; was a member of the office
staff of the London Electric Supply Corporation, Ltd., 25A,
Cockspur Street, S.W., but on the declaration of war volunteered for
Active Service, and enlisted in Queen Victoria’s Rifles, 3 Sept. 1914;
landed in France, 23 Jan. 1915; served with the Expeditionary Force,
and was killed in action near Wulverghem, 6 March, 1915, only two days
after his twenty-first birthday; _unm._ He was buried in the
military burial ground near Wulverghem Church. Coy. Sergt.-Major Ashton
wrote: “He was on the look out at the time, and he was struck by a
rifle bullet, and death was instantaneous.... He had only been with us
such a short while, and we have lost a brave and good comrade.” Clarke
was a server at St. Peter le Poer, Friern Barnet, and also assistant
scout-master of the 91st London Troop.
[Illustration: =Basil Heathcote Clarke.=]
=CLARKE, CHARLES PRIOR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1190), 205888, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=CLARKE, CHARLES WILLIAM=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 6419),
298869, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast
of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CLARKE, EDWARD THOMAS=, Private, No. 27621, 15th Battn. (48th
Highlanders) Canadian Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of Joseph
Edward Clarke, of 26, Lagham Road, South Godstone, Surrey, Groom
Gardener; by his wife, Eleanor, dau. of Mark Chapman; _b._ St.
John’s Wood, London, 12 Dec. 1893; educ. Blindley Heath National
School, Surrey; went to Canada on his fourteenth birthday in 1907,
and settled at Sweetsburg, working as a farm hand. He joined the 13th
Scottish Light Dragoons, and gained his certificate as Sergt.-Major
at the Royal Cavalry School at St. Jean, Quebec, 15 Feb. 1913. On the
outbreak of war he joined the 48th Highlanders as a Private, came to
England with the First Canadian Contingent, and after training on
Salisbury Plain during the winter, went to the Western Front, 11 Feb.
1915, and was killed in action at Ypres, 22–24 April, 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Edward Thomas Clarke.=]
=CLARKE, ERNEST=, Seaman, R.N.R., 5535A, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLARKE, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class, 302310, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=CLARKE, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9094), 201471,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLARKE, GEORGE RANKIN=, Private, No. 271, B. Coy. 1st
Newfoundland Regt., _s._ of Captain John Clarke, of Brigus,
Newfoundland, Fisherman and Seafaring man; _b._ Brigus, Cape
Breton, Newfoundland, 20 Oct. 1897; educ. Brigus Methodist Academy,
and Methodist College, St. John’s; volunteered for Imperial service
and joined the 1st Newfoundland Regt. after the outbreak of war, Sept.
1914, and _d._ in hospital at Mudros, 24 Nov. 1915, of dysentery
contracted while on active service; _unm._
=CLARKE, HAROLD MARTIN=, Barrister-at-Law, Lieut., 17th Battn.
(Poplar and Stepney Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._
of George William Clarke, of The Glen, Forest Hill, S.E., Town Clerk
of Stepney, by his wife, Alice Mary, dau. of William Edwin Hill;
_b._ Kirby-le-Soken, co. Essex, 25 Feb. 1889; educ. Whitgift
Grammar School, Croydon, and Clare College, Cambridge, and was called
to the Bar (Middle Temple) in 1911. On 9 May, 1913, he obtained a
commission as 2nd Lieut. in the Poplar and Stepney Rifles, and on the
outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914, at once volunteered for foreign service
and was promoted Lieut. 29 Aug. 1914; went to the Front with his regt.
9 March, 1915, and was killed in action at the Battle of Loos, 26–27
Sept. 1915. The following order was issued shortly before this action
(sent to England after Lieut. Clarke’s death): “The Major-General
wishes to place on record his appreciation of the good work which has
been done during the last four months by the following instructors
at the Divisional Bomb School: Instructor Lieut. Martin Clarke,
&c.--Headquarters, 10.25 p.m.” At Whitgift he was Colour-Sergt. in the
Cadet Corps, and in the History Sixth, and at Clare he received his
Lent and May colours. Lieut. Clarke _m._ at St. Albans in 1914,
Daisy Emily (120, Croxted Road, West Dulwich), dau. of Philip Early
Fenton Keatch, of India; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Harold Martin Clarke.=]
=CLARKE, HAROLD PERCY=, 2nd Lieut., 6th Special Reserve, attd.
2nd, Battn. The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), eldest
_s._ of Joseph Percy Clarke, of 14, Hans Court, S.W., formerly of
Buenos Ayres, M.Inst. C.E., etc., by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of the
late Edward Glover; _b._ Rosario de Santa Fe, Argentine Republic,
18 March, 1888; educ. Marlborough College; trained as a civil engineer,
and became an Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in
1913. He was constructing engineer on the Central Argentine Railway,
and, arriving in England soon after the outbreak of war, he obtained
through the Cambridge O.T.C. his commission in the Special Reserve of
Officers as 2nd Lieut. from 15 Aug. 1914, joining the 6th Battn. Rifle
Brigade at Sheerness. He went to the Front in November, but was shortly
after invalided home with influenza and a slight attack of pneumonia.
He rejoined the reserve battn. (6th) in February, 1915, and went to
France, 17 March, where he was attached to the 2nd Battn., joining A
Coy. He was killed on 9 May, 1915, in the attack on Fromelles and the
Aubers Ridge as he was leading his platoon to take the German trenches.
He was buried near Basseye, a little north of Kemmel, France. Almost
all the officers of the battn. were casualties in this attack, but
Capt. Nugent, company officer, 2nd Rifle Brigade, wrote: “Your son
commanded his platoon with the greatest dash and gallantry, and showed
himself to be a splendid officer.” He had already gained distinction
in his professional career as a civil engineer, important works having
been entrusted to his care, and was a keen sportsman in every way. His
next brother, Algernon Percy, was killed also in France, two and a-half
months later, July 24 (see his notice).
[Illustration: =Harold Percy Clarke.=]
=CLARKE, HERBERT CHARLES=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21948, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=CLARKE, HERBERT EDGAR=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R.B., 8114), S.S.
103947, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=CLARKE, HENRY HAMES=, Chief Ship’s Cook (Pensioner), 153478,
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLARKE, JAMES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5108), 175327, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLARKE, JAMES=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 109357, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLARKE, JAMES GEORGE=, Officer’s Steward, 1st Class, L. 5276,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=CLARKE, MAURICE TREDWAY=, Private, No. 29752, 10th Battn., 1st
Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force, yr. _s._ of Tredway
Sydenham Clarke, Barrister-at-Law, late of Lincoln’s Inn, by his wife,
Constance, dau. of Edmund Dewar Bourdillon; _b._ Richmond, co.
Surrey, 22 March, 1883; educ. Malvern College, Eastbourne College and
St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge; went to Canada in June, 1905, and
took up land near Eagle Butte, Medicine Hat, Alberta, and in 1910
obtained an appointment under the Dominion Forestry Department, which
he held until Sept. 1913. On the outbreak of the European War in Aug.
1914, he volunteered for Imperial service; came over with the first
contingent in Oct.; went to France, Feb. 1915; was slightly wounded
in the early stages of the Second Battle of Ypres, and died 24 April,
1915, from injuries received whilst the ambulance was passing through
Ypres; _unm._ He was buried at Vlamertinghe.
[Illustration: =Maurice Tredway Clarke.=]
=CLARKE, MONTAGU CHRISTIAN CUTHBERT=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders, only _s._ of the late Montagu Charles
Clarke, of the Southern Mahratta Railway, India, by his wife, Ada
Georgina, dau. of Daniel Booth Rowbotham; _b._ Lindfield, co.
Sussex, 3 Oct. 1893; educ. Radley College, and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 1st Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 4 Sept. 1912, and
promoted Lieut. 12 Dec. 1914. He was killed in action at Ypres, 8 May,
1915, and buried in graveyard of the temporary hospital on the Menin
Road, about one mile from Ypres; _unm._
=CLARKE, MORDAUNT EDWARD LEONARD HANNAM=, Lieut., 3rd Battn.
Worcestershire Regt., yst. _s._ of the late Col. Francis Coningsby
Hannam Clarke, C.M.G., R.A., sometime Surveyor-General of Ceylon, by
his wife, Elizabeth Stainton (24, The Grove, Boltons, S.W.), dau. of
S. W. Brown, F.R.C.S.; _b._ Bath, 13 Oct. 1884; educ. Marlborough
College and University College Oxford; served first in the Kent
Artillery from which he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. Worcestershire Regt.,
29 May, 1907, and was promoted Lieut. 22 Oct. 1910, serving for the
next 3 or 4 years as Scout Officer to his regt. On the outbreak of the
European war he left with his regt. for France, and was shot through
the head by a bullet from a shell at Candry, near Cambray, 26 Aug.
1914; _unm._ He was carried to the Civil Hospital at Marly, but
never regained consciousness. He received the following “mention” in
Aug. 1913:--“I am to inform you that the G.O.C. 7th Brigade, wishes
you to know how much he appreciates your work as Scout Officer during
Brigade training. As this matter was not mentioned at the Pow-Wow he
desired that you should be informed at once.”
=CLARKE, VICTOR=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., B. 8513), 194420, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CLARKE, WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 308, A Coy., 2nd Battn. Lancashire
Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of George Clarke, pit top man, by his wife,
Mary, dau. of George Kelk; _b._ Blyth, 4 June, 1885; educ. there
and Austerfield; enlisted in May, 1903, and served eight years in
India, Egypt and Malta, and was a Reservist when war broke out. He
was gassed at the Battle of Hill 60, but recovered and was sent back
to the trenches, and was killed in action at Ypres, 29 June, 1915,
and was buried at La Brique, a mile and a-half away from Ypres, near
Turco Farm. He had put his head over the parapet of the trench to
aim at a German sniper, and was shot through the head, being killed
instantaneously. 2nd Lieut. Granger wrote: “He was an excellent
soldier, a splendid N.C.O., who took an interest in his work, and
whatever he did he did well. He was as plucky a man as it is possible
to meet. I deeply regret his death, and may say that there is no one
else in the company whose loss would be more keenly felt.” Sergt.
Clarke was mentioned for conspicuous bravery on the field. He also had
six medals which he received while serving in India, etc. He _m._
at St. James’ Church, Doncaster, 3 Aug. 1913, Harriet (61, Concrete
Cottages, Wombwell, near Barnsley), dau. of Thomas Schorah, and had
twin children: Laurence and Doris (died 26 Aug. 1914), _b._ 4
July, 1914.
[Illustration: =William Clarke.=]
=CLARKE, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 5843), S.S.
100711, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=CLARKE, WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 17297, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLARKE, WILLIAM JOB=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 10258), 208608, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLARKSON, ARTHUR EDWIN=, Private, No. 1122, 8th Battn. (90th
Winnipeg Rifles) Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Annie (now
wife of Maurice Barker, of St. Rose du Lac, Manitoba, Canada, and
relict of John Cahill, of Scarborough); _b._ Scarborough, co.
York; educ. Scarborough Board School; went to Canada with his mother
in June, 1903; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and enlisted at
Portage la Perrée, Man., 14 Aug. 1914; left Canada with the first
contingent in Oct.; went to the Front in Feb., and was killed in action
at Langemarck, 25 April, 1915. He _m._ at St. Mary’s Church,
Scarborough, 8 May, .... Sarah (21, Hadden Street, Aberdeen), dau. of
(----) Newcombe; _s.p._ His half-brother, Private John Cahill,
45th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force is now (1916) on active
service.
[Illustration: =Arthur Edwin Clarkson.=]
=CLARKSON, ERNEST=, E.R.A., 4th Class, 272189, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CLARKSON, FREDERICK WILLIAM=, Lieut.-Commander, R.N., only
_s._ of the late Col. Frederick William Clarkson, 39th Dorsetshire
Regt., by his wife, Ella Rosa (who _m._ 2ndly, Col. Sir Augustus
Riversdale Warren, 5th Bart., of Warren’s Court, co. Cork), dau.
of Major-General John Octavius Chichester, 39th Regt.; _b._
Dorchester, 6 Oct. 1883; became a cadet H.M.S. Britannia, in 1899;
Midshipman within four months, Sub-Lieut. in 1892, Lieut. in 1904 and
Lieut.-Commander, 1912. He was lost in H.M.S. Hawke when that ship was
torpedoed 15 Oct. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Frederick W. Clarkson.=]
=CLARKSON, GERALD RICHARD=, Corpl., No. 4, 525, Divisional Signal
Coy., New Zealand Engineers, elder _s._ of the late Richard
Potts Clarkson, M.A., Director of Technical Education, Hawkes Bay
District, and Headmaster, Napier Technical College; by his wife,
Rosina, dau. of (----) O’Shaughnessy, and nephew of John Bowes
Clarkson, of Christchurch, New Zealand; _b._ Palmerston North,
New Zealand, 26 Oct. 1893; educ. Normanby Public School, Stratford
High School, and Napier Technical College; volunteered for Imperial
service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; left for Egypt with the
main Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at the Dardanelles,
24 May, 1915, while patrolling Telegraph Lines in “No Man’s Land”;
_unm._ Buried with three other New Zealanders near where he fell
before a general Cemetery was decided on.
[Illustration: =Gerald R. Clarkson.=]
=CLARKSON, ROBERT=, Signalman, 190401, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLARRICOATES, GEORGE HENRY=, Stoker, P.O., 306293, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=CLAW, SIDNEY THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9334), H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLAXTON, EDWIN ARNOLD=, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, Pensioner,
157283; reported missing after the sinking of H.M.S. Speedy by a mine
30 miles off the East Coast, 3 Sept. 1914.
=CLAY, FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3895), S.S. 101752,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in the action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CLAY, FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110996, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in the action off Coronel on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CLAY, HARRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 8970), S.S. 105678,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLAYDON, JAMES LEMARQUE=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., B. 1105),
R.M.A. 11040, 4th _s._ of William Tilbrook Claydon, of Cambridge,
by his wife, Emily; joined the Royal Marine Artillery in Nov. 1904;
purchased his discharge in March, 1911, and joined the Royal Fleet
Reserve; was called up for service on the outbreak of hostilities, and
was lost in action in H.M.S. Hogue in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=CLAYHILLS, GEORGE, D.S.O.=, Capt., 1st Battn. East Lancashire
Regt., 4th _s._ of Thomas Clayhills, of Invergowrie, co. Forfar,
and Thornton-le-Moor, co. York, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John
Rob, of Catton Hall, co. York; _b._ Darlington; educ. Cheltenham
College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Received his commission and joined
the 4th Militia Battn. of the Cheshire Regt. 8 Sept. 1896, from which
he was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Battn. East Lancashire Regt. 4
Jan. 1899; promoted Lieut. 4 June, 1900; and Capt. 8 Feb. 1908; and
was Adjutant from April, 1906, to April, 1909. He went with his regt.
to South Africa and served with the 8th Mounted Infantry during the
war 1900–2, and took part in the operations at Paardeberg, and actions
at Poplar Grove, Dreifontein, Karee Siding, Vet River and Zand River,
being twice mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901, and
17 May, 1902], and receiving the Queen’s medal with four clasps, and
the King’s medal with two clasps, and the D.S.O. On the outbreak of the
European War he left with his regt. for the Front, served in France
and Flanders, took part in the retreat from Mons, the Battles of the
Marne and the Aisne, and was killed in action at the first Battle of
Ypres, 2 Nov. 1914; _unm._ He was buried about three miles north
of Armentières, one mile east of the Ploegsteert-le Cheir Road.
[Illustration: =George Clayhills.=]
=CLAYTON, ARTHUR GARDNER=, Private, No. 18000, Princess Patricia’s
Canadian L.I., 2nd _s._ of Arthur Gardner Clayton, of the Colonial
Secretary’s office, Ceylon, by his wife, Lucy, dau. of the late Ven.
R. Sutton, Archdeacon of Lewes and Vicar of Pevensey; _b._
Belize, British Honduras, 2 July, 1893; educ. King’s School, Bruton,
co. Somerset, and was afterwards a clerk in the Saskatoon branch of
the Bank of Montreal. On the outbreak of the European War he enlisted
in Princess Patricia’s Canadian L.I., and was killed in action at
Dickebusch, near St. Eloi, 15 Feb. 1915; _unm._
=CLAYTON, GERALD EDWARD CRIRIE=, of Penarwel, Llanbedrog, M.A.,
Barrister-at-Law, 2nd Lieut., Royal Marines, R.N.D., only _s._
of Ralph Cririe Clayton (grandson of Ralph Clayton, of Leyland and
Crooke Hall, co. Lancaster), by his wife, Caroline, only dau. of the
late Lieut.-Gen. John Ffolliott Crofton; _b._ Liverpool, 27 Dec.
1879; educ. at Liverpool College and Worcester College, Oxford, where
he graduated B.A. and M.A., and was called to the Bar (Inner Temple)
in 1904. He was for three years a Lieut. in the Army Motor Reserve,
but this corps was disbanded in Dec. 1913. After the declaration of
war in Aug. 1914, he volunteered with his motor car as a Despatch
Rider, and was given a commission in the Royal Naval Division, 24 Sept.
1914. He went to France and subsequently to Belgium, and was in the
retreat from Antwerp in Oct. 1914, his motor car being the last British
car but one to leave that city. On the return of the Naval Brigade
he was stationed at the Crystal Palace training the Naval Reserves,
and while on Active Service there in Feb. 1915, contracted epidemic
cerebro-spinal meningitis, from which he died at The Little Manor,
Hertingfordbury, 2 Sept. following. He _m._ at St. James’, Spanish
Place, W., 28 April, 1908, Ione (Penarwel, Llanbedrog, Pwllheli, North
Wales), dau. of Major Oscar William de Satgé de Thoren, 45th and 38th
Regt., and granddau. of Oscar Joseph de Satgé, 13th Baron de Thoren,
of the Château de Thoren, Pyr. Or., France, and had three children:
Ralph Dominic de Satgé, _b._ 18 Feb. 1909; Aymar Sinclair Joseph
de Satgé, _b._ 6 July, 1912; and Eveline Mary Alice de Satgé,
_b._ 26 May, and died 10 June, 1910.
[Illustration: =Gerald Edward C. Clayton.=]
=CLAYTON, ROBERT WILLIAM=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./13470, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=CLAYTON, THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4542), S.S.
103649, I.C. 127, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the
coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=CLEAVER, SIDNEY=, Private, No. 7722, 1st Battn. Gloucester Regt.,
_s._ of Samuel Cleaver, by his wife, Mary; _b._ Bristol, 1884
or 1886; educ. Northgate Wesleyan School, Gloucester; enlisted 23 Aug.
1904; served for three years with the Colours, then passed into the
Reserve; was employed prior to the outbreak of the war in the Celynen
Colliery; mobilised 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 12 Aug. and was killed
in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 26 Sept. 1914. He _m._ at
Gloucester, 30 Nov. 1909, Francis Sarah Ann (33, Swan Road, Kingsholme,
Gloucester), dau. of Emanuel Charles Symonds, and had three daus.:
Gwendoline Frances, _b._ 28 Dec. 1909; Mary Elizabeth, _b._
13 Sept. 1911; and Iris May, _b._ 14 April, 1914. His Capt.
wrote: “He was a plucky young soldier, always ready for anything--a
man I could thoroughly trust. Only ten minutes before his death he had
volunteered to go out with his platoon commander to reconnoitre some
of the enemy trenches, a task requiring pluck, which was carried quite
satisfactorily.”